PTSD: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
PTSD: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Guilt, being easily startled and abusing alcohol or drugs can also be symptoms. To be clinically diagnosed with PTSD, a person must have at a least one re-experiencing symptom, three avoidance symptoms and two hyperarousal symptoms over the course of …
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Addiction experts criticize NH legislative efforts to decriminalize or …
New Hampshire consistently ranks among the states with the highest rate of substance abuse in the country while also having among the lowest rates of access to treatment, according to Tym Rourke, the NHCF's director of program development. What is …
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Iowans' Weekly Trip to Help Homeless on Omaha's Streets Now a Full-Time Passion
Iowans' weekly trip to help homeless on Omaha's streets now a full-time passion
He thinks that's especially true for their new alliance with Takin' It to the Streets, a ministry founded about eight years ago by Bobby Dofner — “Bobby D” — a former addict who once was homeless. He enlisted help from fellow members of the local …
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The calendar
Karate – Spirit Warrior Tang Soo Do martial arts with a Christian approach at the Marquette YMCA: hard core karate for adults is 6-7 a.m.; Beginner children 5:15-6 p.m., intermediate children 6-6:45 p.m. Call the Y at 227-9622 or Master Joyce Tredeau …
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Archives: Inside Narconon's Bizarre Treatments
Archives: Inside Narconon's bizarre treatments
Perhaps the lowest point in David Love's "treatment" for drug addiction at Narconon Trois Rivières was the five-hour sauna on his 25th day of fivehour saunas. Being forced to yell at an ashtray for hours on end – "Stand up, ashtray!" "Thank you." "Sit …
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Reckitt Benckiser share price advances after Q1 report
Investors have been calling for the company to look at options for the pharmaceuticals business for several years, arguing that it is a poor fit with its consumer and health brands. The unit's main drug, heroin addiction treatment Suboxone, has started …
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Tennessee to Criminalize Pregnancy
Tennessee to Criminalize Pregnancy
Under the law, women who stick with drug addiction programs will not be charged, but drug treatment programs aren't accessible to all women, especially ones in rural areas. This may ultimately leave the poorest and most isolated women facing …
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Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug …
A hit of heroin, a cheap alternative to expensive prescription drugs, can go for as little as $ 5 on the street. Certain prescription drugs can be priced somewhere in the neighborhood of $ 100 a pill. In 2012, 61 percent of entrants to substance abuse …
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ACA's Coverage for Addiction Treatment Faces Barriers
ACA's coverage for addiction treatment faces barriers
As a result of the limitation, drug rehabilitation centers across the nation are turning away new Medicaid beneficiaries who need residential treatment and now are entitled to receive it under Obamacare. "The unintended consequence is that you are …
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Health and Support Groups
Type 1 Adults' and Children's Diabetes: Adults 9 to 10 a.m., families with children 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., both the second Saturday of each month in the lower auditoriums, Mercy Medical Center, Redding. … National Federation of the Blind, California …
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Alcoholics Anonymous: One Size Does Not Fit All
Alcoholics Anonymous: One size does not fit all
In the 25 years I have been personally and professional exposed to a-hole disease of alcohol addiction and the culture of alcohol addictions theory about cause, recovery and treatment, I've longed to find answers to help and support the people I work …
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Boston police destroy 2 backpacks at marathon site
Drug and alcohol rehabilitation scholarship. 11 hours ago. Wings of Life is offering a scholarship for someone who needs help recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. From now until Friday at 5:00pm, you can call Wings of Life and share your story …
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